- R2-KT was released individually carded in a special clamshell packaging
- Figure was sold at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con and online
- The figure is Hasbro's tribute to Katie Johnson (daughter of 501st founder Albin Johnson) - who tragically passed away from brain cancer in 2005 at the age of seven
- Dave Filoni - the director of the Clone Wars TV show - added the astromech to several of the Clone Wars episodes
- The droid can also be seen in the Resistance base in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- The figure has a 360 degree rotatable dome - which makes a clicking sound
- When the dome is rotated - the middle leg moves in and out of the figure
- All three feet have little wheels in them
- There are no hidden gadgets or panels on the droid
- The back of R2-KT says "R2-KT In Loving Memory Of Katie Johnson"
- In addition to releasing this figure - Hasbro and Lucasfilm donated $100 - 000.00 in Katie's memory to the Make-A-Wish foundation of San Diego and South Carolina
